About

Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Benton Senior Fellow & Public Advocate. She is the host of the "Tech on the Rocks Podcast." Gigi sits on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable and democratic communications networks. For thirty years, Gigi has worked across the country to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open and protective of user privacy. Most recently,…

Speaking

Mapping, Impact & Adoption: A Research Agenda for Effective Rural Broadband Policy

Remarks before the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. Broadband's Role in Rural Economic Development: Exploring the Intersection between Community and Agricultural Broadband Needs. The federal government lacks the economic, technical and social science research to make smart decisions on where and how to invest to close the digital divide in…
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Media

Sohn calls exorbitant FCC fines on Educational Broadband Service licensees “an abuse of power”

Today, the FCC proposed over $47 million in fines on 10 nonprofit Educational Broadband Service spectrum licensees for allegedly violating rules that the Commission repealed last April.  The following statement should be attributed to Gigi Sohn:  "This action is the opposite of the 'regulatory humility’  this FCC claims to believe…
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